Written By: Amy Worrey – Chasing the Checkered
After a long and cold 6 months of hibernation, Wiscasset Speedway finally opened their doors again on Saturday afternoon for the track’s 2026 season opener featuring the T&L Automotive Pro Stocks, County Truss 4-Cylinder Pros, Davis Erector Group 207 Crate Modifieds, Thunder 4 Minis and the Darling’s Brunswick Ford Super Streets.
Chalk up another one for Rico Abreu.
It’s been a dream season for the St. Helena, CA native, and he’s got no intentions of letting his foot off the gas as 2025 winds down.
N. Woodstock, NH — Thirty-seven Milton CAT American-Canadian Tour teams made the trek to New Hampshire’s scenic White Mountain Motorsports Park to contest both the 47th Bar Harbor Bank & Trust Fall Foliage 200 and crown the 2025 Brookside Equipment Sales Triple Crown champion. With the hills surrounding the popular quarter mile alight with bright yellows, deep reds and the occasional orange tint, the time was right for the annual autumn special.
Barre, VT – Perfect weather greeted the race fans and the over 120 teams on hand Sunday afternoon for the 47th EastRise Credit Union Labor Day Classic at Thunder Road. An incredible 37 of those teams were Milton CAT American-Canadian Tour teams, ready to dig deep all day long for a shot at just thirty starting positions.
Thunder Road stars Christopher Pelkey and Jason Corliss, along with current ACT point leader Raphael Lessard and former champion Jimmy Hebert all earned one of four heat race victories to kick off Sunday’s afternoon showcase. Returning for two more qualifying rounds, former winner D.J. Shaw and defending Milk Bowl victor Marcel Gravel split the two consolation events while Stephen Donahue ran away with the B-Feature win.
Oxford, ME — After teams checked over their mounts following Friday’s Yvon Bedard 109, the Milton CAT American-Canadian Tour readied for another 125-lap affair Saturday night as part of the 52nd annual All That’s Metal Oxford 250 weekend. While several teams could not return after Friday’s showdown, thirty-seven teams joined in for Saturday’s headlining event.
N. Woodstock, NH — A spirited battle between Jason Ball and rookie Jackson Hunt started the night off at White Mountain Motorsports Park with the Bar Harbor Bank & Trust Strictly Mini 25-lap main. As the polesitters battled, they succumbed to Makenna Merchant who took charge at the head of the field on lap six. Without the aid of a caution flag to re-rack the field, Merchant ran away with her fourth win of the season in a 2.569-second over second-place finisher Jacob Roy and point leader Tyler Thompson in third.
Barre, VT – Five Star Roofing Night at the Nation’s Site of Excitement, Thunder Road, kicked off Thursday night racing for the month of August and set the tone for what is to come in the dog days of summer ahead.
Barre, VT – Another Thursday in Barre meant yet another race day at Thunder Road Speedbowl affected by the rains of Mother Nature. Just ten minutes prior to the special 6:30pm Vermont Lottery Governor’s Cup Post Time, rains swept in for a half-hour spell with successful track drying getting Thursday’s program underway by 7:30pm.
The poor weather necessitated a change in schedule with the Maplefields/Irving Oil Late Models getting feature racing off and running with the 46th running of the Vermont Lottery Governor’s Cup 150. A Plus/Minus handicap draw event as part of the Squier Cup presented by Milton CAT, the Governor’s Cup saw four-time winner Jason Corliss earn an incredible +7 in Heat #1 with former Milton CAT American-Canadian Tour champion Jimmy Hebert to his outside at the start.
Dave Kallmann of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporting…
SLINGER – The hard work earlier made Ty Majeski’s latest Slinger Nationals victory look easy.
The defending NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series champion from Seymour dominated a rain-interrupted race July 8 at Slinger Speedway, leading the final 133 of 200-laps around the tricky quarter-mile.
N. Woodstock, NH — The annual Woodsville Guaranty Savings Bank Father’s Day weekend special once again did not disappoint fans in the stands or those watching at home on the Northeast Short Track Network with five divisions of hardnosed racing that has made White Mountain Motorsports Park famous over the years.
